Asked on Jan 10, 2015
Black scratch marks on sink
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Vicki Wagner
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We have a new white porcelain sink and somehow someone made marks that look like scratches, but you can't feel them, it's just that they are visible. I have tried everything to clean them, but nothing works.
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When everything else fails this Bar Keepers Friend is the cleaner that Amazon reviewers swear by!
So glad I came upon this in my google search! We just renovated and put in a white porcelain farm sink. There were so many tiny black "scratches" on the front lip after only three weeks. I thought we were doomed. Barkeepers Friend got rid of them, though using varying degrees of elbow grease!
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I have a Kohler white pedestal bathroom sink that has mysteriously gotten black/grey streaks in it. It's a bathroom sink. It is not scratched. or scuffed from pots. Nothing has been dropped in it. I have tried everything & finally wrote to Kohler today, but it's Sunday. I have tried every thing all you ladies have suggested, which I know works on metal scuffs and I use all the time in the Kitchen. The only thing I haven't tried is the paper towels with peroxide which I will do as soon as I'm done typing. If that fails I cannot imagine what is going on. It's like the lines are leeching through the porcelain. Any ideas?
Two solutions!
1) dawn dish soap directly on the sink, sprinkle with powder bar keepers friend, scrub with a Lysol wipe and ta da - beautiful, glistening sink and no more marks!
2) Tom bow Mono Sand Eraser
I've been trying to solve this problem for a while . Final solution : crest whitening toothpaste. I rubbed a big gob on with my finger and it started taking it off, but it was slow. Rubbed it in with a magic eraser and they just disappeared!
Sprinkle Ajax multi purpose cleaner or similar scrub with moist scrubber.
Try Mr. Clean magic eraser or Fantastic Cleaner with bleach? You probably don't want to use anything that will scratch.
Have been trying all sorts to fix this problem , had some black streaks on porcelain bathroom sink. Even tried bar keepers friend which didnāt work. In the end tissue soaked in Bleach and left for a while did the trick ! Thanks for the suggestion
Just found this thread. I've been struggling with black marks. Thank you, Barkeepers friend was an instant success.
I dont know why it works... but i find using the end of a swan vesta match remove stubborn stains where other solutions fail. Slightly dampen and scrub away...enjoy
I use to clean houses we would have that problem with almost every porcelain sink. Wink would get it off everytime!
I just tried the Mr Clean pad with a teenie bit of gel toothpaste and light circular rotation. Yay !!!!! All clean !!!!! Thank you all :-)
Had the same issue after a faucet replacement by a plumber who had his power tool touch the enamel and leave black scuffs... Nothing worked at first: not baking soda, nor vinegar, or toothpaste. HOWEVER! Barkeepers Friend with scotch pad worked! But the 'trick' was that after scrubbing I left if on for long, some 10 minutes (!-- the instructions on bottle are to leave it on for one minute only--that DID NOT work...-) and was amazed upon my return! Almost completely gone! SO I repeated: applying and scrubbing again, leaving on for 10 minutes and, a last slight scrubbing and the ugly black scuffing was completely gone (other than to the feel by, say, passing a finger... but no longer any blackness etc.)...
Try Cerama Bryte. It works like a charm. I restored my old white porcelain sink with it. I wrote an entire post on it on my blog. Magic.
I would try a Magic Eraser. If the marks are are etched, try bleach.
Use Bar Keepers Friend or Magic Eraser. Those both work on my white sink.
I love Bar Keeper's Friend! It also works great to remove scratches off of plates - see my post here about it: https://happydealhappyday.com/easily-clean-stained-mugs-scruffed-plates/
Barkeeper's friend will work on this, i had the same thing on my farmhouse sink, worked great!
This works a charm:
1) Spray bathroom cleaner on the grey marks
2) Add some toothpaste
3) Use the green scotchbrite side of a kitchen washing up sponge to rub in circular motions for about 30 seconds... You have to press down quite hard on the sponge.
4) Maybe step 1 is not needed but all 3 steps done together is what just worked for me šļø
Bar Keeper's Friend and a little scrubby pad will clean this right up without any elbow grease or hassle. Works on plates too for silverware marks.
Use lemon juice or white vinegar. Let it sit for a minute and some light rubbing with a paper towel wet with vinegar and the acid will take out the aluminum scratches from a pan on your porcelain sink!
Ä°s it this one? Ä°āve just realised that my ceramic sink has black lines/stains as well. Would like to try it but need make sure itās the right one.
Hello, I love Barkeepers friend for these kinds of cleaning jobs!
I would use BarKeepers Friend liquid on the scratch.
I have the same issue with my vitreous china bathroom sink. I don't know where the scratches come from. What works for me is a few drops of Bar Keepers friends rubbing it with a microfibre cloth......remember mine is a bathroom sink. If yours is a kitchen sink you may need more than a few drops....but my scratches come back in a few week....Im miffed as to where they come from.
If I were you, I would contact the folk you purchased it from and ask them why scratch marks have appeared. Could it be a fault? Not enough porcelain ? Maybe they will replace it for you or give you a solution to the problem you can do yourself. Good luck!